The repressive central Asian nation of Turkmenistan, where the likes of Facebook and Whatsapp are banned, on Monday launched its first messaging app.
The privately developed BizBarde app will "allow the exchange of messagers, files, photos and videos," the state Yaslyk television station said.
"The dream to create the first Turkmen messenger came to me a long time ago," CEO Eziz Beknazarov said.
"Many people did not believe in this idea but I brought together a group of specialists and programmers for this project and, after a year and a half of hard work, the first Turkmen messenger has become reality."
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